The Falcon's Regret

Gold cherry
Poem of the week

By queen beatle

Thu, 22 Oct 2020
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10 comments
 

As a peregrine,
I have but one regret:
I should have listened more in school
And learnt a trade
Or sprouted affinities
In maths or music technology;
Instead, I played the fool.
I could have worked in a bank,
Slammed my clenched wing
On tables in white rooms,
Said extremely important things
To people who smile and hate me,
Or flown to Paris
And opened a touristy knick-knack shop
For wankers in caps.
Instead, I nestle on the BT building
And vomit up entrails
To sustain my screaming brood.

Certificate 12
Poem
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Comments

Submitted by onemorething on

I love this! The birds have a lot to say today, it seems! Rachel :)

 

Submitted by queen beatle on

Thanks, Rachel - birds often make good material, as you know. I loved your most recent poem!

 

Submitted by airyfairy on

This beautiful and visceral poem is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day!  Please do share/retweet if you enjoy it too.

Picture:  Pixabay Creative Commons

Submitted by celticman on

yeh, really should have stuck in at stem subjects then there'd be less anti-social vomiting.

 

Submitted by Mark Burrow on

Loved this. 

 

Submitted by sylviec on

love it xxx

anything that throws a new angle on something is great in the end - but this does it well too

sylviec

Submitted by Tom Brown on

I understand most of the words but what is the "BT buliding?"

Good to see you working again, keep at it!

Tom Brown

 

Submitted by queen beatle on

Thanks Tom! BT is an internet and phone supplier here in the UK, it stands for British Telecommunications. They have a branch of offices in a tall building very near where I work, and a family of falcons lives upon it.

 

Submitted by Philip Sidney on

This our wonderful poem of the week - well done!

Submitted by Tom Brown on

Congratulations! Way to go! And thanks for explaining the BT Building .. . ..